79R8134 PAM-D
By: Dunnam H.B. No. 2164
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of a county records management and preservation
fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 118.0216(a), (d), and (e), Local
Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The fee for "Records Management and Preservation" under
Section 118.011 is for:
(1) the records management and preservation services
performed by the county clerk after the filing and recording of a
document in the records of the office of the clerk; or
(2) repairs and renovations to facilities used by the
office of the county clerk to store filed and recorded documents.
(d) The fee may be used only to provide funds for:
(1) specific records management and preservation,
including for automation purposes; or
(2) repairs and renovations to facilities described by
Subsection (a).
(e) In a county that is adjacent to an international
boundary, the county clerk shall prepare an annual written plan for
funding the automation projects, [and] records management and
preservation services performed by the clerk, and repairs and
renovations to facilities described by Subsection (a). After a
public hearing, the plan shall be considered for approval by the
commissioners court. Funds from the records management and
preservation account may be expended only as provided by the plan.
All expenditures from the records management and preservation
account shall comply with Subchapter C, Chapter 262.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.